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Inspired by a true Thai ritual of lying in coffins to get rid of bad luck and prolong life, it is a supernatural thriller about a young man and a young woman who decide to go through the ritual in Thailand. Chris, a claustrophobic Thai architect does it in the hope of saving his fiancée who’s dying of terminal cancer. Sue, a nutritionist visiting Thailand from Hong Kong, does it to save her own life after being diagnosed with a lethal brain tumour – one week before her wedding. After the ritual, Chris and Sue experience what appear to be miracles in their respective lives. But soon, they find themselves confronted by a series of bizarre and terrifying incidents. With the help of a professor specialising in paranormal cases associated with the ritual, they set out to exorcise the ghosts that haunt them, and attempt to reverse the wheel of karma. Thrilling, mysterious and ultimately moving, it is a spine-chilling horror movie about the beauty of life and death, and coming to face to face with living and dying. The film was shot in six provinces across Thailand on actual locations including a 100-year-old temple, real cemeteries, inside active crematorium chambers and an ancient meditation cave.

Director
Ekachai Uekrongtham
Screenplay
Ekachai Uekrongtham
Cinematography
Choochat Nantituntayada
Music
Bruno Brugnano
Cast
Karen Mok, Ananda Everingham, Andrew Lin, Napakpapha
Nakpasitte,Suchao Pongwilai, Tassawan Seneewongse, Aki
Shibuya
Production Design
Ratchata Panpayak
Sound
Nakorn Kositpaisal
Production
Tifa Co Ltd
99 Soi Phahonyothin, 33 Phahonyothin Road, Chatujak,
Bangkok, Thailand
Postal Code: 10900
T: +66-1-838-4539
F: +66-2-665-8147
Email: pimolthip@gmmgrammy.com
www.thecoffin-movie.com; www.lhongtortai.com
Festivals & Awards
Rotterndam (Hubert Bals Fund Award)

An award-winning film and theatre director, Thai-born Ekachai Uekrongtham is also the founding artistic director of ACTION Theatre, one of Singapore’s premier professional theatre companies, and recipient of the Excellence for Singapore Award. His first feature film, Beautiful Boxer, based on the true story of Thailand’s famed transgendered kickboxer, has garnered 15 international awards to date. Ekachai was named Asia’s Most Promising Director at the 2004 IFFI and Outstanding Emerging Talent at Outfest 2004 in Los Angeles. His second feature, Pleasure Factory, was the first film to be shot entirely in Singapore’s red-light district, and was selected for the 2007 Cannes International Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. The film received wide critical acclaim in Europe and was invited to major film festivals in Korea, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Italy. TIME Magazine has named him one of the film directors who has given Singapore its “cinematic cool”. This is Ekachai’s third feature film.